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French national flower
French national flower is for nation will love ,as national symbol flower.Iris is French national flower.

History Iris is regarded as the France's national flower, because it is said that the first dynasty king was baptized by god and the god  gave him a present which is iris. Frenchman like irises and iris stands for power and relligion.In France, iris is the symbol of light and freedom.Form 12 century,the picture of iris exist at national emblem.

Brief introduction "Iris" comes from the Greek, meaning of the name is a rainbow. It shows that the colours of the rainbow can be seen in this. Irises are used to symbolize love ,friendship open .It is distributed in Japan,China central, Siberia, France and almost the entire temperate world. It has three or six petals and mostly is blue or purple.So it is also called bule butterfly.蓝蝴蝶

Plant origin People even in ancient times already familiar with the iris.For example, the images of the iris have been found in the Egypt pyramids. The calendar irises record can be back to 1500BC.Iris is belong to iris division.The division is a special large family. These flowers are in the northern hemisphere, found thousands of varieties.

Plant classification Iris is including large cultivars, "Blue Magic"兰魔 and "Prof. Magic Blaauw"布拉奥 are widely planted. Using color as the iris classification, the method is simple and practical. Iris can be divided into purple, blue, white, yellow and other mixture color with different classes.

Plant site Iris can not only be planted in glass or plastic greenhouse, but also in the open air.Planting with temporary covers especially during the spring and autumn is necessary. Selecting the most suitable location is very important. Suitable planting period ,the ideal plant climate and greenhouse type must be taken into consideration.

ExtraVan gogh’s painting Irises 　    Ximurong's poem Irises

Iris is a kind of beautiful flower.In the mythology, it is a kind of open in the way to heaven flowers. And in the legend, the meaning of the irises is: believe the happiness of the person.